Improvement in dish-warmers



l or dish to be placed upon it.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

JAMES H. WRIGHT, OF NEW YORK, Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN DISH-WARMERAS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,958, dated J nly 10, 1877; application filed June 1, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES H. WRIGHT, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Dish-Warmers, of which the following is a specication Figure 1 is a top view of my improved dish- Warmer. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-'section of the same, taken through the line a: Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. y

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved device for keeping platters and other dishes warm, when placed upon the table or counter, and .which shall be so constructed as to prevent the heat from injuring the said table or counter.

The invention. consists in the papier-mache block recessed upon the upper side, andlined with sheet metal to adapt it to receive and hold the heating-iron; andin the combination of the case, divided into two compartments by the horizontal partition, with the papiermache block, or receiver that receives and holds the iron, as hereinafter fully described.

A represents a block of papier-mache, which may be made of any desired shape and size, according to the shape and size of the platter In the upper sideof the block A is formed a concavity or recess to receive the heatingiron B, which concavity is lined with sheet metal C, to prevent the ironBfrom marring the papier-mache.

' The block A may have small knobs or feet formed upon its bottom to prevent the said bottom fromresting upon the surface of whatever it may be placed upon.

D is a band or case of sheet metal, which is open at top and bottom, and has numerous holes formed through it for the passage of air.

The case D is made of such a size as to receive the body of the blockAof papier-mache within it, the flange formed around the top of the said block A resting upon the upper edge of the case D, as shown in Fig. 2.

The case D is divided into two compartments by a horizontal partition, E, the edges of which may rest in a ringgroove formed around the case D, or may be secured in place in any other convenient way. The block or iron-holder A has thus two air-chambers between it and the table, so that the said table will be fully guarded against being injured by the heat. The case D may be provided with handles d for convenience in handling it.

Having thus'fullydescribed my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The papier-mache block A, recessed upon the upper side, and lined with sheet metalC, to adapt it to receive and hold the heatingiron B, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the case D, divided into two compartments by the horizontal par tition E, with the papier-mache block A, that receives and holds the heating-iron B, substan tially as herein shown and described.

JAMES H. WRIGHT.

Witnesses JAMES T. GRAHAM, G. SEDGWIQK. 

